Wallkill teenager charged with 4 violent robberies in Middletown

Friday

Nov 30, 2012 at 2:00 AM

Nathan Brown

MIDDLETOWN — A Town of Wallkill teenager has been charged in four violent robberies in Middletown.City police Lt. Greg Metakes said Mark Matthews, 18, is accused of throwing a 43-year-old woman to the ground Sept. 29 on Fulton Street and trying to take her purse. On Oct. 14, on Robertson Drive, Matthews allegedly hit a 37-year-old man in the head with a sock that had a rock in it and took his wallet.On Nov. 24, Matthews reached into a car on Wickham Avenue, police said, grabbed a 47-year-old man by the throat and took money. A day later, on Academy Avenue, police said, Matthews punched an 18-year-old in the face and ripped his chain off. A second suspect, Charles Porter, 17, of Middletown, is charged with robbery for allegedly taking the victim's backpack in that attack, Metakes said.